diff --git a/lib/bot.js b/lib/bot.js
index e57747a..1962253 100644
--- a/lib/bot.js
+++ b/lib/bot.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const JiraApi = require('jira-client');
 const Botkit = require('botkit');
 const moment = require('moment');
+const J2S = require('jira2slack');
 const logger = require('./logger')();
 
 const RESPONSE_FULL = 'full';
@@ -149,90 +150,7 @@ class Bot {
    */
   formatIssueDescription (description) {
     const desc = description || 'Ticket does not contain a description';
-    let depths = [];
-    let lastDepth = 0;
-    return desc
-      // Quotes
-      .replace(/\{(quote)\}/g, '```')
-
-      // Stolen from: https://github.com/kylefarris/J2M
-      // Un-ordered Lists
-      .replace(/^[ \t]*(\*+)\s+/gm, (match, stars) => `${Array(stars.length).join('  ')}• `)
-      .replace(/^\-\s+/gm, () => '• ')
-
-      // Ordered lists
-      .replace(/^[ \t]*(#+)\s+/gm, (match, nums) => {
-        const curDepth = nums.length - 1;
-        if (curDepth === lastDepth) {
-          depths[curDepth] = depths[curDepth] !== undefined ? depths[curDepth] + 1 : 1;
-        } else if (curDepth > lastDepth) {
-          depths[curDepth] = 1;
-        } else if (curDepth < lastDepth) {
-          depths = depths.slice(0, curDepth + 1);
-          depths[curDepth]++;
-        }
-
-        lastDepth = curDepth;
-        return `${Array(curDepth + 1).join('  ')}${depths[curDepth]}. `;
-      })
-
-      // Headers 1-6
-      .replace(/^h([0-6])\.(\s*)(.*)$/gm,
-        (match, level, spacing, content) => `\n${spacing}*${content}*\n`)
-
-      // Bold
-      .replace(/\*(\s*)(\S.*?\S)(\s*)\*/g, '$1*$2*$3')
-
-      // Italic
-      .replace(/_(\s*)(\S.*?\S)(\s*)_/g, '$1_$2_$3')
-
-      // Monospaced text
-      .replace(/\{\{([^}]+)\}\}/g, '`$1`')
-
-      // Citations
-      .replace(/\?\?((?:.[^?]|[^?].)+)\?\?/g, '_-- $1_')
-
-      // Inserts (ignored as unsupported)
-      // .replace(/\+([^+]*)\+/g, '<ins>$1</ins>')
-
-      // Superscript
-      .replace(/\^([^^]*)\^/g, '^$1')
-
-      // Subscript
-      .replace(/~([^~]*)~/g, '_$1')
-
-      // Strikethrough
-      .replace(/((\W)\-|(^)\-)( *)(\S.*?\S)( *)(\-(\W)|\-($))/gm, '$2$3$4~$5~$6$8')
-
-      // Code Block
-      .replace(/\{code(:([a-z]+))?\}([^]*)\{code\}/gm, '```$2$3```')
-
-      // Pre-formatted text
-      .replace(/{noformat}/g, '```')
-
-      // Un-named Links
-      .replace(/\[([^|]+)\]/g, '<$1>')
-
-      // Named Links
-      .replace(/\[(.+?)\|(.+)\]/g, '<$2|$1>')
-
-      // Single Paragraph Blockquote
-      .replace(/^bq\.\s+/gm, '> ')
-
-      // Remove color: unsupported in md
-      .replace(/\{color:[^}]+\}([^]*)\{color\}/gm, '$1')
-
-      // panel into table
-      .replace(/\{panel:title=([^}]*)\}\n?([^]*?)\n?\{panel\}/gm, '\n| $1 |\n| --- |\n| $2 |')
-
-      // table header
-      .replace(/^[ \t]*((?:\|\|.*?)+\|\|)[ \t]*$/gm, (match, headers) => {
-        const singleBarred = headers.replace(/\|\|/g, '|');
-        return `\n${singleBarred}\n${singleBarred.replace(/\|[^|]+/g, '| --- ')}`;
-      })
-
-      // remove leading-space of table headers and rows
-      .replace(/^[ \t]*\|/gm, '|');
+    return J2S.toSlack(desc);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b9d1fd..653dd10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "slack-jirabot",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "description": "Slackbot for interacting with JIRA",
   "main": "app.js",
   "private": true,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "botkit": "^0.1.1",
     "jira-client": "^3.0.2",
+    "jira2slack": "^0.1.0",
     "moment": "^2.10.3",
     "redact-object": "^1.0.1",
     "winston": "^2.1.1"